Get ready for fairytale told through superb dancing

After a triumphant début season at The Teatro, Montecasino, in December, Joburg Ballet returns to the popular venue with its sparkling production of Snow

White – The Ballet from May 30 to June 2, for five performances only.

Inspired by the Brothers Grimm fairytale of a girl whose beauty drives an evil queen to vengeance, Joburg Ballet’s artistic director Iain MacDonald has choreographed a lyrical ballet, with music by the great Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, which has all the hallmarks audiences expect from the company: superb dancing, captivating theatre and enchanting settings.

With Snow White – The Ballet MacDonald turned to a famous fairytale, as he did with Cinderella, which was a critical and box office hit at The Teatro in December.

“Snow White is a perfect fairytale to adapt into a classical ballet, a story with romance, comedy and drama in equal measure,” said MacDonald. “It also offers wonderful opportunities to showcase the wealth of talent Joburg Ballet offers, in both classical and character roles.

“I’m delighted to be using the richly melodic and evocative music of Shostakovich and to have discovered just how perfectly suited his work is for ballet. The sets are by Andrew Botha, a stage designer with an impressive gift for transporting audiences to magical new worlds.” The casting for Snow White

– The Ballet will feature Nicole Ferreira-Dill and Shana Dewey alternating in the title role, and Leusson Muniz and Ruan Galdino alternating as the prince. – Citizen reporter